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Sun Outage Prediction
Sun outages are natural phenomenon that occurs when a satellite and a receiving earth station come directly in line with the sun. The sun’s energy interferes with the satellite’s signal and affects the signals received by the earth station. The affected signals may lead to poor or no reception of channels relying on the affected satellites.
StarHub TV receives most of our channels via satellite before broadcasting them to homes. Satellite transmission is subject to these environmental factors which are beyond the control of the broadcaster.
Sun outages occur when a satellite and a receiving earth station comes directly in line with the sun. Such a phenomenon will typically occur twice a year for each satellite. As our channels are received from different satellite sources, different channels may be affected at different times of the year.
Some satellites will experience transmission interference between 18 March 2022 to 22 March 2022. You may refer to the list below for the projected downtime (up to 2-10 mins.) of channels that are being transmitted by the affected satellites.
Apstar 5 | Channels | Date | Start time | End |
CinemaWorld HD HBO Family HD HBO HD HBO Hits HD HBO Signature HD | 18 Mar 2022 | 10:31 AM | 10:37 AM | |
19 Mar 2022 | 10:30 AM | 10:38 AM | ||
20 Mar 2022 | 10:29 AM | 10:38 AM | ||
21 Mar 2022 | 10:29 AM | 10:37 AM | ||
22 Mar 2022 | 10:30 AM | 10:36 AM |
Apstar 6 | Channels | Date | Start time | End |
Dragon TV | 18 Mar 2022 | 10:49 AM | 10:55 AM | |
19 Mar 2022 | 10:48 AM | 10:56 AM | ||
20 Mar 2022 | 10:47 AM | 10:56 AM | ||
21 Mar 2022 | 10:47 AM | 10:55 AM | ||
22 Mar 2022 | 10:48 AM | 10:54 AM |
Apstar 7 | Channels | Date | Start time | End |
Animax HD Cinemax HD GMA Life TV GMA News TV International GMA Pinoy TV NBA TV HD TVN HD BabyFirst | 17 Mar 2022 | 3:19 PM | 3:22 PM | |
18 Mar 2022 | 3:17 PM | 3:24 PM | ||
19 Mar 2022 | 3:16 PM | 3:23 PM | ||
20 Mar 2022 | 3:15 PM | 3:24 PM | ||
21 Mar 2022 | 3:16 PM | 3:23 PM | ||
22 Mar 2022 | 3:16 PM | 3:22 PM | ||
Asiasat 5 | Channels | Date | Start time | End |
Euro News TV TV5MONDE Asie HD | 17 Mar 2022 | 1:28 PM | 1:30 PM | |
18 Mar 2022 | 1:25 PM | 1:32 PM | ||
19 Mar 2022 | 1:24 PM | 1:32 PM | ||
20 Mar 2022 | 1:24 PM | 1:32 PM | ||
21 Mar 2022 | 1:24 PM | 1:32 PM | ||
22 Mar 2022 | 1:25 PM | 1:30 PM |
Asiasat 7 | Channels | Date | Start time | End |
Asianet Asianet Movies Boomerang HD Cartoon Network CNN HD DW (English) FOX News Channel Phoenix Chinese Channel HD Phoenix InfoNews Channel HD Russia Today Sky News STAR Chinese Movies Legend WarnerTV HD Zee Cinema Zee TV | 17 Mar 2022 | 1:04 PM | 1:06 PM | |
18 Mar 2022 | 1:01 PM | 1:08 PM | ||
19 Mar 2022 | 1:00 PM | 1:09 PM | ||
20 Mar 2022 | 1:00 PM | 1:09 PM | ||
21 Mar 2022 | 1:00 PM | 1:08 PM | ||
22 Mar 2022 | 1:01 PM | 1:06 PM |
Asiasat 9 | Channels | Date | Start time | End |
CTI TV HD TVB Xing He TVBS Asia TVBS-NEWS TvN HD | 19 Mar 2022 | 11:44 AM | 11:48 AM | |
20 Mar 2022 | 11:43 AM | 11:48 AM | ||
21 Mar 2022 | 11:44 AM | 11:48 AM |
Chinasat 6A | Channels | Date | Start time | End |
CCTV-4 HD | 18 Mar 2022 | 11:31 AM | 11:37 AM | |
19 Mar 2022 | 11:29 AM | 11:38 AM | ||
20 Mar 2022 | 11:29 AM | 11:38 AM | ||
21 Mar 2022 | 11:29 AM | 11:37 AM | ||
22 Mar 2022 | 11:30 AM | 11:36 AM |
Chinasat 6B | Channels | Date | Start time | End |
CGTN | 18 Mar 2022 | 12:15 PM | 12:21 PM | |
19 Mar 2022 | 12:14 PM | 12:22 PM | ||
20 Mar 2022 | 12:13 PM | 12:22 PM | ||
21 Mar 2022 | 12:13 PM | 12:21 PM | ||
22 Mar 2022 | 12:14 PM | 12:20 PM |
IS 17 | Channels | Date | Star time | End |
NDTV 24x7 Kalaignar TV | 17 Mar 2022 | 4:07 PM | 4:10 PM | |
18 Mar 2022 | 4:05 PM | 4:11 PM | ||
19 Mar 2022 | 4:04 PM | 4:12 PM | ||
20 Mar 2022 | 4:03 PM | 4:12 PM | ||
21 Mar 2022 | 4:03 PM | 4:11 PM | ||
22 Mar 2022 | 4:04 PM | 4:09 PM |
IS 19 | Channels | Date | Statr time | End |
ANC BBC World News HD Cinema One Global MTV Asia NHK World Premium HD NHK World TV Nick JR Nickelodeon HD The Filipino Channel | 18 Mar 2022 | 8:28 AM | 8:34 AM | |
19 Mar 2022 | 8:27 AM | 8:35 AM | ||
20 Mar 2022 | 8:26 AM | 8:35 AM | ||
21 Mar 2022 | 8:26 AM | 8:35 AM | ||
22 Mar 2022 | 8:27 AM | 8:33 AM |
IS 20 | Channels | Date | Start time | End |
ABC Australia Arirang TV COLORS KBS World HD Travelxp HD | 17 Mar 2022 | 3:56 PM | 3:58 PM | |
18 Mar 2022 | 3:53 PM | 4:00 PM | ||
19 Mar 2022 | 3:52 PM | 4:01 PM | ||
20 Mar 2022 | 3:52 PM | 4:01 PM | ||
21 Mar 2022 | 3:52 PM | 3:56 PM | ||
22 Mar 2022 | 3:53 PM | 3:58 PM |
Measat 3 | Channels | Date | Start time | End |
Astro Warna BBC Earth HD BBC Lifestyle HD Blue Ant Entertainment HD Cbeebies HD Celestial Classic Movies HD Crime + Investigation HD DreamWorks HD FIGHT Sports HD GEM HD HISTORY HD HITS HD HITS Movies HD Lifetime HD Love Nature Channel HD Rugby Pass TV SKY News HD Smithsonian Channel HD Sony Entertainment Television SONY Max SPO TV SPO TV2 | 17 Mar 2022 | 2:10 PM | 2:12 PM | |
18 Mar 2022 | 2:07 PM | 2:14 PM | ||
19 Mar 2022 | 2:06 PM | 2:14 PM | ||
20 Mar 2022 | 2:06 PM | 2:14 PM | ||
21 Mar 2022 | 2:06 PM | 2:14 PM | ||
22 Mar 2022 | 2:07 PM | 2:12 PM |